Commencement speech sparks critique of San Jose school system
Liza Hirsch, 16, during San Jose High School commencement, blasts 13 years of what she calls babysitting by teachers and administrators. She criticizes abstinence and drug talks, questions district policies, and urges attention to student pain, asking how educators can ignore them and listen to Nixon.
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Redwood Valley Junior High
Robert Broaddus
Clara Batow
Ukiah Unified School District
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San Jose High School
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Reed College
Richard Nixon
Mendocino County Construction Permits Show Strong May Activity
Mendocino County reports a about 2 million dollar year over year gain in permit valuations through May, with total valuations reaching 7.526 million versus 5.485 million last year. May added 1.158 million in new starts outside Ukiah, led by a 282 thousand dollar basic build for Alex Thomas' Ukiah cold storage and a 6 million dollar Boise Cascade particleboard plant foundation. New residential permits spread across Ukiah, Laytonville, Boonville, Redwood Valley, Fort Bragg, Gualala, and surrounding areas, while tours and highway lighting bids feature in county news.
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Mendocino County
Ukiah
Alex Thomas
Christensen Construction
Boise Cascade
Laytonville
Oscar Holland
Wyatt Lumber
Dean Gamble
Boonville
Herman J. Tijsseling
Gene Schambers
Bill Haycock
Ralph Leithnew
Brooktrails
Walter Skinner
Willits
Richard Wasserman
Gualala
David Warrender
Fort Bragg
Norman Eland
Sidney A. Horstman
Ante V. Santic
F.S. Childs
Caspar
Lee van Tassel
James Colling
Rick Gladsto
Robert Mattson
Russ Hansohn
Deerwood Drive
Kyle & Stolpe Construction
Raymond Scavino
Fircrest Drive
Foutz and Smith
Isola Way
Tax plan tussle over statewide school aid and funding
State leaders clash over a proposed statewide property tax to fund school aid. Assemblyman Ken Cory notes a $2.10 rate would raise up to $60 million, while Sen Albert Rodda backs a $3.75 per $100 rate. Proposals seek $250–300 million in aid, with funding tied to future tax increases.
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Senate
Assembly
Discovery Day celebrated by Redwood Empire Association
In San Francisco the Redwood Empire Association marked Discovery Day claiming Chinese navigator Hee-li and his crew first sighted San Francisco Bay. The tale says a cockroach misdirected a voyage from 217 BCE, leading to a four month misadventure before reaching the California coast and naming Hong-Tsi.
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UPI
Hee-li
America
Redwood Empire Association
Empire
San Francisco Bay
California
China
B.c
Shensi
San
Francisco Bay
Hong-Tsi
Great Inlet
Pacific
Mendocino Board Opposes Night Session Bills
The Mendocino County board of supervisors went on record Tuesday opposing Senate Bill 1585 which would require every other regular meeting after 6 p.m. and Assembly Bill 398 which would mandate counties adopt the federal food stamp program rather than offering a choice between the commodities and food stamp programs.
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Mendocino
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